Veteran catches burglar at VFW post

COLUMBUS, Ind. — A North Vernon man was arrested after he was caught trying to burglarize a veterans organization — by a veteran, police said.

Jason Martin, 37, of 242 Hawthorne Drive, was arrested on charge of burglary, a Class B felony, after he was discovered early Monday, on Veterans Day, inside the Veterans of Foreign War Post 2021 in North Vernon, according to a North Vernon Police Department press release.

Please read Tuesday's editions of The Republic and The Tribune for more details.